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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Talbot Photo Subject Land Material Type Photographs

1. Talbot Photo 1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(54)
Title:
[Water Meadows and Canterbury Cathedral.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A view looking though a wooden fence to the city of Canterbury with the cathedral on the skyline and partially reflected in a pond. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(189)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(189)
Title:
[Boats Aground, Vesuvius in the Distance.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A group of beached sailing boats with the volcano behind. Prints taken from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (562 and 563).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(191)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(191)
Title:
[Marina with Vesuvius in background, Naples.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '28'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken at a slightly elevated vantage point at the water's edge, looking along the beach to a town with Mount Vesuvius behind. Trimmed negative with chemical spots in the top left corner.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(192)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(192)
Title:
[Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius behind.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '141'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken from a slightly elevated position, looking across the ruins of Pompeii; there are some columns in the foreground and Mount Vesuvius dominates the skyline. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(217)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(217)
Title:
Hillsborough from Capstan Hill, Ilfracombe. Photographer: Calvert Richard Jones.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil, A (Jones's quality rating) and on unsensitised side: 234. Hillsborough from Capstan Hill. Ilfracombe. View taken from the cliff edge looking down along the rocky coastline.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(264)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(264)
Title:
[Row of houses around a fenced square.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from an elevated vantage point of a square with a row of houses and hills in the distance, possibly taken in Bath. The preceding negative shows the same square taken at ground level. A print from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (411). Ima...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(266)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(266)
Title:
Rocks at Morte, 2nd view. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Quality rating 'a'. Inscribed in ink on verso: '75. Rocks at Morte, 2nd view'. Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait photograph of two women and a man sitting on the rocks that line the beach at Morte Point, Devon. Image size 88 x 107 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(283)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(283)
Title:
[Coastal Railway Track.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A railway line borders coastal sand-dunes and stretches out into the far distance; in the foreground, a young man wearing a cap reclines on a grassy mound. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(301)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(301)
Title:
[Malahide Castle, Dublin.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ivy-covered turreted castle, taken at a substantial distance away and showing a considerable amount of lawn and the surrounding woodland. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(316)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(316)
Title:
[View of Mount Etna, Sicily.] Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from a slightly elevated position, the view looks down on a forested area behind a stone wall with Mount Etna in the distance. Trimmed negative that has been folded into quarters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item